WAR IN MALAYA

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: AYY 179/3).

Synopsis

Australian Red Cross ambulance with bullet holes, which drove across Kota Baru and Alor Star aerodromes rescuing people from Japanese machine gun fire and bombing. Ambulance driver.

Three Dogras of a Punjab regiment who evaded capture at Alor Star, were given clothes by friendly natives then travelled 200 miles in seven days to rejoin their regiment at Penang. They are questioned by an Indian Intelligence Officer.

Japanese aircraft over Taiping. General Murray-Lyon talking to war correspondents.

Wreckage of a Japanese plane spread over a large area, with dead pilot.

Notes

Summary: account by Lieutenant Langley in dope sheets of determination of Captain Steel and himself to photograph a crashed Japanese plane.

 

Titles

  • WAR IN MALAYA (Allocated)
Series Title:
BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
 

Technical Data

Year:
1941
Running Time:
4 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
400 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
cameraman
Langley, Bryan (Lieutenant)
Production company
War Office Film Unit